German 4th Parachute Division

The German 4th Parachute Division was an airborne division of the German Luftwaffe that existed from November 1943 to April 1945. The division was formed in Venice, Italy as a mixture of the German 2nd Parachute Division and Italian volunteers, and the division fought against the Allies at the Battle of Anzio in southern Italy. On 4 June 1944, the division was the last German division to leave the city of Rome, and the division fought its way back up Italy as the Allies advanced north. In April 1945, the division surrendered to the Allies at Bologna.